pity

pity
01. The child felt [pity] for the mouse he had caught, and let it go.
02. Even though he killed someone, I can't help feeling [pity] for him, knowing that he was severely abused by his parents as a child.
03. It was a [pity] that we didn't take our bathing suits because there was a lake nearby where we could have gone swimming.
04. The police showed no [pity] for the children they caught stealing, and took them off to the station.
05. The young man gave his girlfriend a [pitying] look when she started crying after he told her he wanted to break up.
06. The street children in the big cities there were the most [pitiful] sight I had ever seen.
07. Greg is a [pitiful] tennis player, but he certainly tries hard.
08. Salaries in the tourist industry are [pitiful], and on top of all that, most of the jobs are only part-time.
09. Robert Heinlein once noted that natural laws have no [pity].
10. Funding for the arts in this country is [pitifully] inadequate.
11. The cat that we found was [pitifully] thin and sick, but after a month of good food, it was fine.
12. The enemy was [pitiless], and immediately executed any prisoners that were seriously wounded.
13. Bertrand Russell once said, "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable [pity] for the suffering of mankind."
14. There is a Yiddish proverb which states that a snake deserves no [pity].
15. Heroditus once remarked that it is a much better thing to be envied than to be [pitied].
16. In Burma, to be without children is considered [pitiable].
17. Jacob Braude once joked, "[Pity] your boss. The poor guy has to get up early to see who comes in late."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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